Marshall Factory Tour | Part 2 | Testing & Amp Museum | Amps being made | Tony Mckenzie

[@zombiemosher1139]

Brilliant. Both episodes were really informative. Great stuff.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Some years since I went around Marshall. Phil Wells was a really great guy and he had been there for something like 40+ years or more. Phil I believe retired recently... but thanks for watching this series and at the time I really liked going around... Thanks for watching.

[@tylerbotelho1787]

Fantastic tour thanks for posting this I had the pleasure of meeting Jim once when the silver jubilee series came out it was a true honor.I have been using his amps since I was a kid over 30 years he was so kind and gracious I will never forget it.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

+pm1music Make sure you watch both parts. Yes you could rely on him being at most shows etc. for a very long time... later he became more frail and last time I saw him he was wheel chair driven. A very nice guy. He always signed a poster for you :) There is no doubt that he made rock and roll history when he and the other guys developed the Marshall amp. Phil on here is also a wonderful guy always willing to show you anything you want. They are lucky to have such a great employee that is Marshall through and through. Thanks for watching.

[@tylerbotelho1787]

Your very welcome

[@LemmyBass]

R.I.P Lemmy. I was a little surprised that you skipped Lemmy's gigantic monster stack. As a bass player, he created a unique bass sound with his marshals, which received worldwide attention. Well, that's how guitarists are :) I just wanted to mention that anyone looking for the Marshall "Killer Sound" is actually looking for Lemmy's "Murder One" amp. Thanks for the nice, interesting tour, greeting from Speyer and keep on rocking !

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Ha sorry about that... and you're right guitarists sort of flip by... Thanks for the post and for watching too!

[@LemmyBass]

@@tonymckenzieofficial Thanks for your answer Tony, it's fun to meet people who share the same enthusiasm for good sounds. I have just finished assembling my first self-made board. I shrunk the ST1 board from the Marshall 1992 Lem Amp as an eyelet board to 5cm wide, so I can also build beautiful oldschool amps from jcm900 and 2000 models. I'm really looking forward to the soundcheck when everything is done. Greetings to the island and all the best for you and your loved ones.

[@skithewhitestuff]

Tony, thanks for taking the time to put this video together. I've watched it a couple of times now and have really enjoyed it. I have watched many of the factory tours but for me this one is by far the most interesting, possibly due in part to it being a British company but hey I cant help being patriotic. Thanks again

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Glad you liked this video. Phil is a great champion of Marshall and should be commended for his tracking around with us while making it. There is also part one on my channel if you did not know that - all found here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZbIo6t3hJiiiLc Thanks for those kind words and of course for watching.

[@skithewhitestuff]

I did watch both parts but thanks anyway. Looking forward to your next video.

[@NoyzyBoyZ3]

Hey Tony,thanks for sharing this man.My face has been glued to my monitor.This is probably as close as I'm ever going to get to the Marshall factory.Thanks a lot,great job.

[@peterlorimer3552]

Thank you very much for that , I watched both parts and thoroughly enjoyed each of them. A brilliant company making excellent equipment.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Yes I really liked that visit... a bit difficult to video easily but worth it, and Phil was a real gentleman - indeed as he always is when I see him around.

[@enuxs]

Thank you Tony for sharing this - it's very interesting. Thanks also to Phil Wells he seems to be a very nice guy and enjoys to represent the company.

[@kjemradio]

RIP Jim Marshall. Thank you for all the ear splitting amps you helped create, and made rock n' roll what it is today. Now we understand why you made them so loud!!!

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Very true.

[@mallong7532]

Wish list, wish list, wish list, somebody bless me with a Marshal stack. Best amps ever made. My opinion. Except of course a mazabara custom. Nice one Tony.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🌞❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

There are a couple of parts to this visit. Phil Wells is a great guy and showed the stuff as it really is. Glad you liked it and thanks for watching.

[@CryWahWah]

Amazing job man.. Watched Part I also and always enjoy your reviews - videos. Keep up the good work!

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

+CryWahWah Yes I liked doing this one too :)

[@runrabbitrun4342]

@ 16:50 Hats off to the Gal's doing the hand wiring. I own a few hand wiring unit's ,One of them being the 40th anniversary. Fantastic amp Gal's, Thanks so much!! Do you know it's a fact that the gal's have better attention to detail over men, That's why you find the gal's doing the Important works, RIP J.M.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

+Pistol Walker Yes it is a fact that females working with their hands on assembly or intricate work are better (and faster) than males. I learned that a very long time ago when I was studying as part of calculating times for steps of assembly of what was in fact fuel injection pumps. Fancy me knowing that :) But I have had lots of experience in many things through my life... and that was one of them. Ha they are better at knitting too :). Thanks for watching.

[@runrabbitrun4342]

***** thanks man great vid

[@harbselectronicslab3551]

What a great pair of video's......

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Glad you liked these. I was invited by Marshall to go and take a look around (anyone can go with an appointment) and that was a wonderful experience which was greatly enhanced by Phil Wells. Thanks for watching.

[@Bourbon-Canted-Ky-Windage]

Killer tour Tony! Best on the net!!

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Thanks...

[@CraigHollabaugh]

Tony, these are great videos. Thanks.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Glad you liked them Craig.... and thanks for watching.

[@CraigHollabaugh]

Hey, did you see Marshall making their own transformers? Or are they sourced. The chassis fab footage was awesome.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

No, Marshall have them made more often than not by Dagnell (I think that was it) in the UK from what I understand here: www.dagnall.co.uk/audio/introduction.html Thanks.

[@CraigHollabaugh]

Agreed, looks like dagnell. Thanks for the info.

[@MrVertical73]

Thanks for posting Tony.. really informative and enjoyable. cheers.

[@bassandspecialeffect]

Fantastic video, both part 1 & 2. thank you

[@bennettskb555]

Very interesting and enjoyable, thanks for sharing Tony

[@javableak]

Excellent job! very interesting.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Thanks

[@robertvincent6690]

Thank you - I enjoyed watching this.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

+Robert Vincent Don't forget to watch Part 1 too! ... thanks for watching.

[@ronniezzzz]

really enjoyed the videos thanks

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

ronniezzzz Don't forget to check out part one on my channel - this is part two :)

[@JohnnyTsak316]

Awesome Tony Great tour - !

[@peanutbutter8122]

That was brilliant. Cheers

[@jazzap]

Super good video, so so interesting to know where our amps really come from

[@jasonfarrell8414]

Awesome man, cheers!

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Thanks Jason and glad you liked it...

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Anytime... and thanks for watching.

[@doctorxyss]

Awesome journey, Tony! Thanks from Brazil!

[@MrHarryHess]

i've finally got my hands on a REAL marshall made in England. Nice to see where this baby was made. first class company.

[@michaelpukmel9175]

Thanks Tony, cool vid's. man!

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Glad you liked it Michael. Thanks.

[@wmacky]

Good stuff. Thanks!

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

+wmacky Thanks for watching.

[@mrsixiesrock2274]

Cheers for this Tony

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

+MrSixiesRock Anytime.

[@MotorGoblin]

Interesting stuff. Much appreciated!

[@martinreid1740]

that was great, thanks very much.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

+Martin Reid Hopefully you checked out part one too! Thanks for watching.

[@lsdzheeusi]

Fantastic!

[@nuudelimuusikko1608]

Thank you for sharing this video.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

No problem... anytime. And thank you for watching... it was made for people just like you and me :)

[@nuudelimuusikko1608]

tonymckenziecom i love Marshall :)

[@hernandariocaicedo5104]

Excelente tour!!! Gracias desde Colombia ;)

[@sylvainalain6637]

Awesome tour. Really nice people there and thr handwire serie is made by only a few people....Awesome :)

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Glad you liked it ;-)

[@sylvainalain6637]

I didn't know that the handwire amps were done by less then 30 persons and a lot of them have more then 20 years of experience with those amps. Top quality :)

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Sylvain Alain Yes Phil did come with some very nice info that's for sure...

[@EmersonCapuano]

I met Jim Marshall here in Brazil at Expomuisc, in 2005, and i have a banner with his signature and i told him how smooth were his amplifiers.

[@jonlennon3348]

I love the plant. They listen to rock music so what is not to like. Secondly , what a great company that they will service anything they ever built. Some of the other companys could take a page from these folks.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Phil Wells is a great communicator and he talks as he walks around the factory. Yes Marshall will repair almost most amps etc. a true credit to them. Thanks for watching.

[@ONANISLAND]

what a pretty old amps, i think the smell of these rooms was music, thanks tony

[@JackManDemand]

Thank you so much for this video man!!! Btw did he mention anything about the huge zakk wylde rig ?

[@DetroitWrecker666]

These videos may qualify for "age restriction" and quite possibly pornography. Thank you SO much for posting! This is GREAT!!!!

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Great comment and it DID make me laugh :) Importantly, thanks for watching.

[@etronnel]

hi Tony , i just ordered a slp 1959 and i was wandering if the parts in the hand wired 1959 is the exact same parts or they are just the same value ...thanks

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Good stuff! No doubt you will enjoy it. I believe the components are visually the same but in reality are current technology. Phil did comment somewhere on the two videos (or at least he told me if its not on the videos) that they are purposely made to look the same.. I guess the actual values will be the same or similar bearing in mind that some of the stuff off the old 60's/early 70's amps had to be changed to get the amp approvals for CE within Europe... in any case they still sound awesome and I know if you 'flip the lid' then you will see the build looks pretty much the same :). Thanks for watching and I hope you liked it all.

[@etronnel]

thanks a lot for youre answer ....i appreciate :)

[@Turboy65]

No cellular telephone system has transmitted your voice in analog mode in so long that it's no chance at all that the amp would receive your voice when you're on the phone.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Likely true! However, in the UK there is OFCOM to pacify as well as those CE regulations imposed by Europe. In any case, thanks for watching.

[@coreyh101]

Hey. Any word on a JMP-1 reissue ? They doing any rack gear ?

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

They don't tell me any more than they tell anyone else... sorry.

[@jordanprysmiki5361]

When he says "guitar leads", does he mean cables? Cables should be replaced every 6 months?

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Yes sorry I do believe that's exactly what he meant. Often I used to replace cables all the time through poor cable quality or simply damage or even poor connection quality. If you gig of course the cables are critical, but in the studio where I reside if cables fail? I just pick up another one.

[@PassiveMatrix]

Almost cut my hand off in one of those massive turret punches. sheet steel is sharp.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Ouch...

[@PassiveMatrix]

Actually it cut right through the nerves, didn't feel a thing :/ all is well now though

[@AndyA1234]

Any "Guaranteed for life" guarantee is for the manufacturer's specified life of the object. So the specified life of a lead may be 1 year, for example. It's not a humans life as is sometimes wrongly understood. Read the small print.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Well I do get that of course, but maybe they mean it? UK law and all that... thanks for that point and for watching.

[@ronniezzzz]

hi i have seen both parts

[@harryevans1117]

Then you wasted 78 minutes and 15 seconds of your life.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

don't like it on here? don't come here... you would not really be missed. Like most of the viewers ronniezzzz enjoyed the video. Thanks.

[@guitar5044]

Me want that Dio Cabinet :(

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

There is a lot to see in that tour :) I liked the Gary Moore amp in the workshop... Ha they said they would notice if I took it... :) Thanks...

[@PsyloOfficial]

proud owner of AVT 150 watts head and cab. and JCM 2000 tsl 100watt. BOTH bad ass amps. Get a Marshall if you want to sound like one. SIMPLE!

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

+G-man rumadbro :) I also have a TSL100 - recorded a whole lot with it and I have to say that for recording it sounds really one of the best amps I have... and I have loads of different amps. The TSL can be bought over here in the UK for as little as £250 or so. I recovered the second (or tenth) user one I bought recently - here is the video of how I did it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYaaiIiDatmnpKM - Thanks for watching...

[@bobbarcus8310]

Brits talk over each other

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Bob Barcus Sure do... thanks for watching though... oops I said it while you were speaking :)

[@bobbarcus8310]

***** It was nice to see the inside of Marshall... thanks

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Bob Barcus Thanks Bob...

[@rgjmce666]

sad hearing them talking about jim, RIP :(

[@henrikhollander2154]

Pick up conversation from a mobile phone?! Theres no way an analogue amp could pick up the digital signals from a modern phone! Analogue mobiles belongs to the 80's

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

It usually is RF interference and not the actual phone if you get my meaning... probably a harmonic of the original frequency resonating wires of the 'right' length. Thanks for watching.

[@henrikhollander2154]

Yes but he said "pick up the conversation". I know that I'm just being anal here but even if you get a resonant antenna and pick up the signal from the phone you will not hear any conversation. You cant "demodulate" a digital signal with a guitar amp.

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

Digital yes... but analogue? that can be picked up right? You know... like a crystal set of old...

[@Bourbon-Canted-Ky-Windage]

Let me get this straight. Roland makes the Marshall kick drum pedal........What?????.........**L**

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

:) Don't ask me - I'm a bystander :) Thanks for watching Danny

[@shana_dmr]

What a piece of poppycock, mobile phones are: 1) digital, 2) use encryption. "Hear the conversation on the amp", come on :D

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

+kroplaaaa Let's rephrase that... you hear the digital artefacts :) thanks for watching.

[@shana_dmr]

***** Fair enough, although that 'violation of privacy' thing got me a big smile on my face:) Anyways awesome tour:)

[@tonymckenzieofficial]

+kroplaaaa Thanks man....